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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
bond
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
burst
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From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
Catherine's
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
chance
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
character
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
children
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
determining
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
Elsmere
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
exquisite
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
fanaticism
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
followed
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
gist
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
God
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
Guyon
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
heart
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
heresy
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
Hidden
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
holy
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
impossible
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
indeed
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
inexorably
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
infant
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
laws
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
lay
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
lives
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From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
love
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
Madame
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
matter
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
mercies
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
nature
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
out
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
pity
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
problems
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From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
really
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
salvation
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From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
side
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
solved
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From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
spite
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
stuff
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
there
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
true
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
two
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From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
voice
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
war
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From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the problems of these two lives was not solved by a burst of feeling.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
whole
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From this reading The whole gist of the matter for Elsmere lay really in this question--Hidden in Catherine’s nature, was there, or was there not, the true stuff of fanaticism?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Madame Guyon left her infant children to the mercies of chance, while she followed the voice of God to the holy war with heresy.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without that determining impulse of love and pity in Catherine’s heart the salvation of an exquisite bond might indeed have been impossible.
work
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From this reading But in spite of it the laws of character had still to work themselves inexorably out on either side.
